Where to go for first anniversary dinner in NYC?

We're celebrating our first wedding anniversary next month. I know, I know--I should have started planning earlier. Anyway, we're looking for restaurants in NYC. The problem is that our anniversary is on a Sunday, so a lot of French restaurants appear to be closed (including Jean George and Le Bernadin).

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon is available. Good pick? Something else? We are on the wait list for Per Se.

We're celebrating our first wedding anniversary next month. I know, I know--I should have started planning earlier. Anyway, we're looking for restaurants in NYC. The problem is that our anniversary is on a Sunday, so a lot of French restaurants appear to be closed (including Jean George and Le Bernadin).

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon is available. Good pick? Something else? We are on the wait list for Per Se.

Honestly for something romantic I would have said Grammercy Tavern. I love Bernardin but it's not particularly warm or intimate. Definitely not Per Se...

Robuchon's quality in New York can be spotty but I mean it's great. A good idea, but yea, your options are going to be quite limited. I'd also say La Cirque, which is really cool.

you shouldn't have a problem with Babbo (if that is what you choose). I was able to get a table for 2 on a Sunday calling only 3 days ahead.

We don't want to do Italian. Too heavy, and we often eat Italian for less fancy dinners.

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Originally Posted by hws

La Pizza Fresca

Well, on the other hand, it would be nice to save money and we do like pizza . . .

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Originally Posted by RJman

Cafe Carlyle. [/threak]

Followed by dancing in the Rubinacci Ballroom.

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Originally Posted by iammatt

Go on Saturday. You don't need to have dinner exactly on your anniversary.

I don't know if she'll dig that. Anyway, I'd still feel compelled to do something on our actual anniversary, which means two dinners. But assuming Saturday works, what would you recommend? Is the NYC Robuchon not so hot?

I don't know if she'll dig that. Anyway, I'd still feel compelled to do something on our actual anniversary, which means two dinners. But assuming Saturday works, what would you recommend? Is the NYC Robuchon not so hot?

I've never been. The followups are so far behind the original that they always leave me disappointed.

An Italian meal always includes pasta--for us, anyway. A long multi-course French dinner doesn't feel nearly as painful at the end. That's our personal experience, at least.

The amount of pasta you'd be eating at any decent italian place would be very little, and you aren't liable to eat any less starch at a french restaurant, or any less cream and fat. In fact you're probably going to eat even more. Italian cooking is at least a little lighter on average than in any season of most any French style cuisine.